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But we’re better off believing in it anyway.<p>For centuries, philosophers and theologians have almost unanimously held that civilization as we know it depends on a widespread belief in free will—and that losing this belief could be calamitous. Our codes of ethics, for example, assume that we can …

Best of GQ<p>His personal life is in shambles, Robert Mueller looms large, and it's never been trickier to be the president's son.<p>By Julia Ioffe2 days agoView More<p>NBA Draft<p>From <i>Black Panther</i>-inspired scarves to shorts suits, check out the most stylish dudes of the night right here.<p>8 Photos7 hours …

<b>Beethoven’s 9th Symphony</b> is a wonderful new iPad app celebrating this famous and loved piece of music. I’ve never been a big fan of classical music but something about the look of this app grabbed me and I decided to give it a look.<p>Wow, I am so glad I did. This is just a fantastic app, even for …

You're in Japan. You've eaten more sushi in two days than you have in your whole life and you feel like you consist entirely of raw fish. It's time to try out these spectacular Japanese culinary classics, without a shred of sashimi in sight.<p><b>Tempura</b><p>If your only experience of tempura is …

The microbial community in the ground is as important as the one in our guts.<p>A small pine tree grown in a glass box reveals the level of white, finely branched mycorrhizal threads or "mycelium" that attach to roots and feed the plant. (<i>David Read</i>)<p>We have been hearing a lot recently about a …

Interviewed by Shusha Guppy<p>Issue 109, Winter 1988<p>Tom Stoppard, ca. 1980<p>At the time of this interview, Stoppard was near the end of rehearsals for his new play, <i>Hapgood</i>, which opened in London in March, 1988. For the duration of the rehearsals Stoppard had rented a furnished apartment in central …

Adam Gopnik wrote in the Fiction Issue about a new genre of crime thriller that “may have supplanted the L.A.-noir tradition as a paperback mirror of American manners—the fiction of Florida glare.” American manners indeed: this is a literature in which “ ‘South Florida wackos’—all heavily armed, …

And 23 percent don't even use soap. That's messed up, people.<p>"Many people do not wash their hands when the behavior in which they engage would warrant it," begins a recent study from Michigan State University, and I'm sorry to say it only gets grosser from there. Researchers sneakily observed 3,749 …

Matthias Heiderich’s portraits of Dubai and Abu Dhabi depict buildings as vivid abstractions.<p>Dubai has grown fast and exponentially from a small fishing village into an international hub. The city, remade into a tourist destination in the ’80s, is unlike any other in the world and is growing by the …